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Derek Randall

Derek William Randall

Born: 24 February 1951, Retford, Nottinghamshire
Major Teams: Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, England.
Known As: Derek Randall
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium


Test Debut: England v India at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1976/77
Last Test:
England v West Indies at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1984

ODI Debut:
England v West Indies at Lord's, Prudential Trophy, 1976
Last ODI:
England v Australia at Sharjah, Rothmans Four-Nations Cup, 1984/85

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   47   79   5  2470  174   33.37  43.91   7  12   31   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling                16    0     3    0    -     -      0   0    -   1.12

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   49   45   5  1067   88   26.67  62.69   0   5   25   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               0.2    0     2    1   2.00  1-2     0   0   2.0  6.00

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1972 - 1993)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  488  827  81 28456  237   38.14  52 161  361   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               489    4   413   13  31.76  3-15    0   0  37.6  5.06

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1971 - 2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  467  442  61 12300  149*  32.28   6  75  156   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                36    39    1  39.00  1-2     0   0  36.0  6.50

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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It was said of Derek Randall that he could catch swallows. Watching him patrolling the covers, you could almost believe it. It was his anticipation and speed over the ground rather than strength of arm that made him such a wonderful fielder - he would often run batsmen out simply by outpacing them to the wicket and whipping off the bails. With Randall on one side of the wicket and David Gower on the other, few batsmen chanced quick singles against England.

But there was more to Randall than his fielding. There was his spectacular, eccentric batting too. His Test record of 2,470 runs in 47 matches at an average of just over 33 betrays a lack of consistency, but when he was good, he was very, very good. There was his match-winning knock in Sydney in 1979 when, with England trailing after the first innings by 142 runs, Randall held the second innings together with a magnificent 150. But that was against an Australian side depleted by the Packer ban. On a different plain altogether was his 174 in 1977 in the Centenary Test against a strong Australia side in Melbourne. With England chasing an improbable 463 to win, Randall took them unbelievably close - doffing his cap to the mighty Dennis Lillee in the process after just evading a bouncer - but in the end their valiant chase fell 46 runs short.

Randall, known as Arkle after the racehorse, was seldom far from the drama. His lightning run-out of Rick McCosker in the Test when England clinched the Ashes at Headingley in 1977 amazed all who witnessed it. And in the previous Test at his home ground of Trent Bridge he had been ridiculously run out himself, stranded by Geoffrey Boycott at the other end. Boycott went on to make amends by hitting his 99th first-class century, followed by his 100th at Leeds in the next game. In the one-day game, Randall's fielding came even more to the fore and he became a one-day regular, playing in the World Cup Final defeat at the hands of the West Indies at Lord's in 1979.

In Randall's Nottinghamshire career, which lasted from 1972 to 1983, he hit 1,000 runs in a season eight times and scored two double centuries. His highest score of 209 against Middlesex in 1979 was accompanied by 146 in the same game. Even at the ripe old age of 49, he was turning out for Suffolk in the 2000 season and played in the NatWest Trophy. He was also coach of Cambridge University. (Graham Holburn, Copyright CricInfo 2001)

* Last Updated: Tuesday, 29-Oct-2002 22:49:12 GMT


 
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